Foot-rest for stoves



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY GIVEN HAGEY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FOOT-REST FOR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,784, dated November 12, 1895.

Application filed August 22, 1895. Serial No. 560,147. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY GIVEN HAGEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Foot-Rests for Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention has reference to an improved form of foot-rest, and a manner of attaching the same, which is especially adapted to sheetiron stoves. It is impossible to properly attach a foot-rest directly to the sheet-iron body. ConsequentlyI have provided a means of securing it to the legs of the stove. I accomplish this object by using the device shown in the drawings, in which 7 Figure I shows a bottom view of a portion of the stove, the leg, and a portion of the footrest. Fig. II is a top view of the same, part in section. Fig. III is a back elevation. Fig. IV is a front elevation. Fig. V is a top view,

part in section, taken through the line V V.

of Fig. VI. Fig. VI is a vertical section taken through the line VI VI of Fig. IV.

The same numbers designate the same or similar parts throughout the several figures.

1 is the bottom of the stove. 2 is the side thereof.

3 is the foot-rest, and 4 is the stove-leg.

5 is a socket attached to the stove-bottom, into which the horizontal projection 6 of the leg engages.

7 is an arm or bracket extending from the foot-rest 3, and which is provided with a plate 8, adapted to rest flush against the front of the stove-leg.

9 is a bolt passing through the plate 8 and leg 4:, which secures the foot-fest in its proper position. I

This manner of attaching the foot-rest to the stove-leg avoids the placing of any weight upon the sheet-ironbody. The weight of the foot-rest and any pressure thereon comes directly upon the legs of the stove, which, being solid, are best adapted to receive it. Moreover the rest 3, being rigid,serves to keep the legs 4 in place and prevents their slipping out of their sockets and thus causing annoyance, as is frequently the case.

While I have described the plate 8 as being secured to the leg 4 by means of a bolt, I do not limit myself to this construction, as a screw, rivet, or any other suitable means may be used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A foot-rest 3 formed with arms 7 extending downwardly therefrom, and with plates 8 extending upwardly from the arms and adapted to seat flush against the legs "of a stove, and means for securing the plates to the legs; substantially as described.

HENRY GIVEN HAGEY.

In presence of E. S. KNIGHT,

N. FINLEY. 

